Eedris Abdulakarim summarises the concern of young Nigerians in one of his songs when he declared: "Nigeria jagajaga, everything scata, scata"
Eedris's summation goes beyond a mere expression of concern. It was a verdict.
I recollect emperor Obasanjo and his pack of goons attempted to ban that particular song....typical!
By the way, this builds up on the many streams of ideas that are contemporary on the
social streets of Nigeria, using music as an entry point, but leave me hugely disappointed in its reach; perhaps author strives too hard to compress so much, into limited space? or its just the constrain of making it 'entertaining' enough for a sunday morning read, with lesser focus on the implications of the divergent, but emergent reality of a nation-less breed ?
Its a constructive read but I am not sure what a reader should take away....
That said, 5 years ago, this author had declared
here " Nigeria is nothing but a transit camp.... They make their money in Nigeria because this is still the easiest place in the world to make money.....they are British citizens at heart. All that is dear to them is in Britain. They have no emotional attachment to Nigeria, and hence, they don't care about paying taxes to the Nigerian government, and they really don't want to know whether Nigeria is stable or not." in
this article -
...one of the most intriguing ones, dare I say classical, he ever wrote - which illuminates this topic beyond the circles of entertainment; I have underlined the keywords, the basis on which I infer.
Transit. apply that to the children of "they" as in quote. No emotional attachment....hmmmmmmmm!
Long and short is; Nigeria, as is, is terribly undefined.
We were conscripted and still remain shackled in the existential consipiracies that was defined for us some 40+years ago. Then, we redefined our confusional state for ourselves, taking the opposite route to the truth, at every turn in defiance of what is real....
I think I am bothering on the verge of a rant here, but any attempt to resolve the unique posers (very interesting ones first, and frightening ones) this article raises must begin with a through acceptance of author's earlier conclusion viz:
there used to be a group of citizens called Nigerians who were genuinely proud of their nation, identity and heritage. These days, you have to search for them and I dare say in vain.
The rediscovery of a sense of citizenship is central to the rediscovery of Nigeria itself.
I berrer be out.
gongo le so. 
as I struggle now to have a good sunday
ki ori mi ma lo fo ka si ibe...